Four-faced Sculpture

Accession Number
2019/2.102

Title
Four-faced Sculpture

Artist(s)
Inuit

Medium & Support
carved whalebone

Dimensions
19 3/4 x 11 x 6 in. (50.17 x 27.94 x 15.24 cm);19 x 11 x 5 in. (48.26 x 27.94 x 12.7 cm);3/4 x 8 x 6 in. (1.91 x 20.32 x 15.24 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Lewis Estate in memory of Professor Donald J. Lewis and Mrs. Carolyn Dana Lewis

Physical Description
Four faces, facing different directions, carved into the top of a post. The piece is made from a single piece of whalebone. 

Primary Object Classification
Sculpture

Primary Object Type
abstract sculpture

Collection Area
Inuit

Rights
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